Screening for Plagiarism Policy

Vivaterra: Journal of Nature, Plants, and Animals Studies is strongly committed to upholding academic integrity and originality in all published works. To ensure these standards, all submitted manuscripts undergo a plagiarism screening process prior to peer review. The journal uses reliable plagiarism detection software to identify:

• Textual overlaps

• Content similarities

• Unoriginal material

Manuscripts found to contain plagiarism, self-plagiarism, excessive similarity, data falsification, or any other form of academic misconduct will be immediately rejected.

If minor similarity issues are detected, authors may be invited to revise and resubmit. However, serious violations will lead to automatic rejection.

The acceptable similarity index threshold is below 20%, excluding:

• References

• Direct quotations

• Commonly used academic terms or phrases

Authors are fully responsible for ensuring that their work respects intellectual property rights and provides proper attribution for all sources used.

By enforcing this policy, Vivaterra aims to uphold the highest ethical standards in scientific publishing and ensure that all published content provides original, credible contributions to the fields of natural sciences, including:

• Agriculture

• Marine and aquatic sciences

• Space and planetary studies

• Zoology

• Botany

• Ecology

• Other related disciplines